“Yes.”
“Take a look to the east of that little clump of trees down there. Do you see anything?”
Randall complied with this request. His face changed.
“It looks like a building of stone.”
“Exactly!”
“If there are others, or if it is one of a town, they are hidden behind the trees.”
“So I believe. Wendel has told us truly. Let us go down there at once. How far is it?”
“Ten miles.”
“Yes, all of that.”
Hastily the two explorers made their way back to the Scorcher. It needed but a glance for the others to see at once that something was up.